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"Out of the Blue" initiative promotes lesser-known fish

Commercial fishermen say seafood rules and regulations make it tough for them to survive, so the Gulf of Maine Research Institute is pushing lesser-known fish such as dogfish, red fish, and pollock. WMTW News 8's Jim Keithley reports.

Commercial fishermen say seafood rules and regulations make it tough for them to survive, so the Gulf of Maine Research Institute is pushing lesser-known fish such as dogfish, red fish, and pollock. WMTW News 8's Jim Keithley reports.

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Updated: 11:19 AM EDT Jul 10, 2014

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WEBVTT COMMERCIALFISHERMEN SAYRULES ANDREGULATIONS TOKEEP THE INDUSTRYáSUSTAINABLEá,MAKE IT TOUGH TOSURVIVE.THERE'SSOMETHING NEWTHAT COULD MAKE ASPLASH AMONGCONSUMERS AND INRETURN - HELPFISHERMEN.WMTW NEWS 8'SJIM KEITHLEY IS LIVEALONG THEWATERFRONT TOEXPLAIN.. JIM"OUT OF THE BLUE"- THERE ARE OTHERFISH IN SEA -DOGFISH, RED FISH,POLLOCK - NOT ASWELL KNOWN ASLOBSTER ANDHADDOCK - BUT THE"GULF OF MAINERESEARCHINSTITUTE" IS HOPINGTHESE LESSER-KNOWN FISH WILLCATCH-ON SO THEFISHERMEN WHOWORK THESE WATERSCAN REEL-IN MOREMONEY.PAN SEAREDPAN SEAREDACADIAN RED FISH -BEING PREPARED ATFIVE-FIFTY FIVE - ONEOF A DOZENRESTAURANTSTAKING PART IN ASUMMER-LONGPROGRAM CALLED"OUT OF THE BLUE.""It's just a reallyquality fish thatconsumers shouldknow more about."SERVING LESSERKNOWN, UNDERUSEDFISH, HOPING THEY'LLCATCH-ON WITHMAINE FOODIES.AT THE "GULF OFMAINE RESEARCHINSTITUTE" ONPORTLAND'SWATERFRONT - THOSELESSER KNOWN FISHARE LAID OUT ONDISPLAY - RED FISH,DOG FISH, WHITING,POLLOCK ANDMACKEREL.WHILE OUT ON THEWATER, FISHERMENSEE THEM ALL THETIME, BUT SAY THOSESPECIES AREN'TWORTH HAULING IN."If you could go getfour-thousand poundsof dogfish a day -which I think you areallowed - and get adollar a pound, I meanthat's good pay. Ifthere's a market for it,but it's not really worthit at 14-cents."BY CREATING ABUZZ AROUND THESESO-CALLEDUNDERUTILIZED FISH,THE MISSION BEHINDTHE "OUT OF THEBLUE" PROMOTION ISTO CREATE A MARKETFOR THEM, SOFISHERMEN CANDIVERSIFY."It's happenedbefore and it willhappen again. Ithappened withMonkfish which wasconsidered a trash fish,and then Julia Childdeclared that it waswonderful and the nextthing you know, they'reover-harvesting it.""I guess we like tosay, there are manyfish in the sea. Thereare a lot of differentproducts we canharvest, sustainabilityfrom the Gulf of Maineregion. It's not justabout cod, not justabout haddock."IT'S ABOUT - DOGFISH - MACKEREL,POLLOCK, WHITINGAND RED FISH."We like to saywe're running amarathon here. It'sgoing to take sometime to reverse someof those reallyengrained markettrends."FISHERMEN SAY INORDER TO WIN THERACE - THEY NEED TOBROADEN THEIRCATCHES, AND BYREELING-INDIFFERENT KINDS OFFISH - THEY JUSTMIGHT BE ABLE TOCONTINUE PAYINGTHE BILLS."A lot of theseground fishermen havethese boats, andexpenses and theycan't go fishingbecause they don'thave quota, so one ofthe answers would besomething like this."OUT OF THE BLUEPROMOTION GOINGON ALLSUMMER...RIGHT NOW- FOR THE MONTH OFJULY - THEY'RESERVING UPMACKEREL.LIVE IN PORTLAND,JIM KEITHLEY W-M-T-W NEWS 8.

"Out of the Blue" initiative promotes lesser-known fish

Commercial fishermen say seafood rules and regulations make it tough for them to survive, so the Gulf of Maine Research Institute is pushing lesser-known fish such as dogfish, red fish, and pollock. WMTW News 8's Jim Keithley reports.